Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

Both New Straits Times and The Star led with the 10th Malaysia Plan, with the former highlighting Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s FIFA World Cup-flavoured speech, urging the country to work together like a football team.  

The Star featured the National Key Result Area strategies to push Malaysia into becoming a high income, high productivity economy.   

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian both headlined the 10th Malaysia Plan.

Utusan also featured a photo of Najib, his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nor Mohamed Yakcop striding into the Parliament building yesterday.  

Sinar Harian front-paged PAS Dewan Muslimat’s (women’s wing) unanimous decision to push the party central committee to fill a vice-president’s post with a Muslimat member.

Chinese newspapers

According to Nanyang Siang Pau and Oriental Daily , the 10th Malaysia Plan allocated RM230 billion for the next 5 years to develop the economy, and the private sector will take the lead on growth.

 

Meanwhile, Sin Chew Daily reported the target of 30% bumiputera share will still remain, and the government has also pledged to implement the bumiputera development agenda.

 

China Press reported that 1,900 Chinese schools, Tamil schools, mission schools and religious schools will get monthly utilities allowance of not more than RM2,000.

 

Editorial

New Straits Times echoed the prime minister’s speech urging the private sector to pick up the slack in growth, and to remind Malaysians “for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, we’re all in this together”.   

Berita Harian lauds the prime minister for balancing the need to push for growth while looking after the social aspects of society, but noted pulling this off will require strong political will.

Utusan printed Najib’s speech in full to replace its editorial today.